New Media & Society
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Aims & Scope
New Media & Society engages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research. The journal includes contributions on: -the individual and the social, the cultural and the political dimensions of new media -the global and local dimensions of the relationship between media and social change -contemporary as well as historical developments -the implications and impacts of, as well as the determinants and obstacles to, media change the relationship between theory, policy and practice New Media & Society publishes peer-reviewed content from both the social sciences and the humanities and includes contributions from communication, media and cultural studies, as well as sociology, geography, anthropology, economics and the political and information sciences. Topics to be covered include: digitalization and convergence; interactivity and virtuality; consumption and citizenship; innovation, regulation and control; the cultures of the Internet; patterns and inequalities of use; community and identity in electronic space; time and space in global culture and everyday life; the politics of cyberspace.
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COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
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ImpaQ AnalysisNew Media & Society (ISSN: 1461-4448) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of COMMUNICATION, published by SAGE in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.60, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 2.723 (Q1), an H-index of 173.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 246 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,935 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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